E-Books

Seventeen e-books are available for download here, or for reading online. These books are also free and may be freely shared. They can be downloaded in several different formats:

pdf (our recommendation)

doc (Microsoft Word)

zip (a zipped copy of the Microsoft Word file)

mobi (for Kindle)

epub (for Sony eReader, Nook, and other compatible e-readers)

What Missionaries Ought to Know

Many of the "What Missionaries Ought to Know" and "Stewardship of Self" series are available in a collection as an e-book containing 74 chapters. This is a great way to have the entire series on your computer to refer to as you have the need and opportunity.

The e-book "What Missionaries Ought to Know" was updated in August 2017 with new chapters containing the newest brochures.

Memories and Musings about Missionary Member Care

The first part of the book is about the author's journey into missionary member care. It also contains many examples of what he has done in member care as well as tips about what to do and what to avoid. The second part of the book is the story of his websites and how they developed.

Missionary Member Care: An Introduction

This is a new e-book giving an overview of member care for those interested in providing it or in receiving it. Written in a question/answer format, this book is useful for missionaries wondering about doing member care or in using it.

Though it is written for missionaries, it is also appropriate for use in an introductory university course in member care because it contains hundreds of links to primary sources of information. Each chapter begins with a “short and simple” answer to the question asked in the chapter title so that readers can quickly decide if they want to know more about the issue.

Missionary Transitions

Missionaries go through major transitions when they move from their passport cultures to their host cultures and when they return "home." Of course, these transitions are discussed in this book; however, missionaries also go through transitions before they leave, while they are serving on the field and after they return. This book includes information about many of these transitions, including the final transition for all of us, the transition from earth to heaven.

Missionary Marriage Issues

The brochures of the "Missionary Marriage Issues" series are available in a collection as an e-book containing 18 chapters. This is a great way to have the entire series on your computer to refer to as you have need and opportunity.

Missionary Singles Issues

The brochures of the "Missionary Singles Issues" series are available in a collection as an e-book containing 17 chapters. This is a great way to have the entire series on your computer to refer to as you have need and opportunity.

Missionaries and Bribes

A new e-book on issues relating to bribes and corruption.

Missionaries often face situations in which bribes seem to be expected, and they are confused about to do and may feel guilty whether they pay or not. This book contains eight chapters written by Ron as well as ten appendices by other people.

The book will not tell you what to do in every situation, but in the book you will find much useful information as well as help you know what questions to ask to help you reach a decision.

We’re Going Home: Reentry for Elementary Children

I Don’t Want to Go Home: Parent’s Guide for Reentry for Elementary Children

Ron and Bonnie (an elementary teacher) wrote We’re Going Home (108 pages) for children ages 6-12 who are returning to their passport countries.

Written at a third grade level, We’re Going Home includes the story of a family returning to its passport culture. Each chapter also has activities such as scrambled words, crossword puzzles, word searches, mazes, and codes.

Ron also wrote I Don’t Want to Go Home (54 pages) as a companion volume for parents. Each chapter in the parent’s book has information about TCKs in the Bible, children’s TCK issues today, and suggestions to help children reenter well. Both books are included in each of the files to be downloaded below.

Bribery and the Bible

Originally published in 1991 by Campus Crusade Asia Limited in Singapore, this book gives a Biblical perspective on bribery and extortion and applies that perspective to bribery issues in one country.

After five chapters defining bribery and extortion and considering what both the Old Testament and the New Testament say about them, Dr. Richard Langston (D.Miss. TEDS 1989) applies Scripture to the bribery problem in the Philippines where he served.

Reentry After Short Term Missionary Service

Written for people returning to their passport country after a few weeks or months of missionary service, this book helps them not only reenter but also consider how they have changed and what that implies for their future.

Using Jonah and Paul as examples, it also helps them process the good and bad events that occurred.

Psychology for Missionaries

Ron taught psychology in Christian colleges for 35 years. In this book he places psychology in a Christian perspective and considers practical implications for Christian missionaries.

The table of contents includes chapters on most of the topics found in introductory psychology text but implications are drawn for those working cross-culturally. Of course, some of the psychological content is drawn from the brochures on missionarycare.com.

The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and Joyce Bowers have graciously given permission to post the this book online for people to download free of charge because the book is out of print.

This book contains the collected wisdom of 38 authors who wrote the 56 chapters. It was the collaborative effort of ACSI, Interaction, Inc., and Mission Training International (MTI) and provides resources for people who have responsibility for MKs and other TCKs.

About the E-Books

Seventeen e-books are available for download here.

Each of the books can be downloaded as an Acrobat Reader file (.pdf - our recommendation), as a Microsoft Word file (.doc), or as a zipped archive of the Word document (.zip). You can also download in .mobi format (for reading on a Kindle) and the ePub format for the Nook or other eBook reader.